Wise Poets of the Present

Some Writing Tips of My Own that I Learned Through the Years I am a strictly a poet and a non-fiction writer, so writing fiction is out of my league. However, I have learned a few pointers about good writing in the classroom over the years that I think will be of help to writers … Read more

Twitter’s Own (Kattt): On The Cutting Edge of a Scotland Sea 1.  When did you start writing and why? Kattt – I started writing in my late teens. My niece was a baby and I would tell her little bedtime stories. As she got older I started to write them down. She loved listening and … Read more

Sandra Cisneros: Wise Poet of Chicana Literature The Chicana writers are a group of poets and authors of a current Mexican/American “cultural hybridity” tradition. And Sandra Cisneros is one of the most prominent figures in this post-modern movement with her much loved novel The House on Mango Street, her short stories, and her poetry, This … Read more

Daily Wisdom’s Own Island Poet Michelle Hugelmann: An Interview 1, Michelle, can you tell us where you are from and a little about your current life, work and any special relationships? My name is michelle helene hugelmann(amblavaney). 44 years old. And married, children I live in Seychelles .Seychelles is an archipelago of 115 islands. i … Read more

Abuh Monday and His Wise Reflections on His Life and Works Nigeria is one place like any other place that possesses the ability of making and destroying a man and his passion especially when it is ridden with certain culture that doesn’t allow certain profession.  Life in Nigeria is what many would call ‘not too … Read more

Modern Sonnet Although the forms of the classical 14 line Petrarchan and English sonnets were written in stone, time marches on and with that onward march comes change. The post modern movement brought with it poetic license and artistic freedom that has also brought innovative changes to the old art form of sonnet writing. So … Read more

Twitter Driven Micro-Poetry: The Hot New Trend for Wise Poets The decade of the 90’s sand beyond 2000 was the age of the short poem, with the submission guidelines averaging 20 line or less for most print anthologies of the day. These guidelines were in place mainly due to space constraints and the literary preferences … Read more

Canada’s Jamie Routley The Voice of Today’s Contemporary Romance Today’s romance poetry is different from that of the Romantic era in that it is more realistic because it includes verse about the desires of the body, and not just the soul, and is a lot less realistic in it’s tone, Today’s featured poet is Twitter’s … Read more

Now Presenting India’s Own Indie Author Yasir Sulaiman Yasir Sulaiman is the prolific author od five books written on the dark side of love; Who is There: Two Tales of the Unknown, In My Words: A Collection of Poems, 3 Stories of Love, Collection of Short Stories: hearing unspoken voices, and his masterpiece Fire, And … Read more

Now Presenting Daily Wisdom Words Own Poet Guildford Windley Almost all poets are deeply affected by happenings in childhood and important people along the way, and this is Poet Guildford’s own story in his own words in response to several interview questions he was sent by the dailywisdomwords.com team. Hi Shirley, hope all is well … Read more

Joy Harjo: Modern Edition of the American Indian Oral Tradition At the beginning of the the 20th century living conditions for Native Americans were so bad life came down to just a day to day struggle for survival. But as conditions began to gradually improve in the 1960’s, so did the quality of public education … Read more

The Greek Greats: The Austerity Songs It seems that good poetry always comes on the heels of deep suffering and today’s Greek poets are no different. And my, how the Greeks have suffered in recent decades since the 20th century, with wars, political turmoil, deep national economic deprivation and natural disasters such as the massive … Read more

Simon Armitage: The Queen’s Choice Simon Armitage, born on May 26, 1963 in Yorkshire , England is the wise poet of the present who was chosen by Queen Elizabeth to replace the famed poetess Dame Carol Ann Duffy as Great Britain’s current Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom. A poet laureate is a person who … Read more

  Forrest Gander is the renown award-winning poet and translator who won this current year’s Pulitzer prize for his book Be With. Be with is a collection of poems dealing with the sorrows of loss and bereavement. In his poem “Ruined Tunnel” he writes about a group of trapped miners who are fighting for their … Read more

Bob Dylan: The Conscience of a Counter-Culture He moved a generation to action with these heart-probing lyrics in which he questions the purpose of racism and war: Blowin in the Wind How many roads must a man walk down Before you call him a man. How many seas must a white dove sail Before he … Read more

Lin-Manuel Miranda: The Man Who Elevated Rap Rap music, it seems that one either loves it or hates it, And I think that one is more apt to love it if you’re still in your youth. But Lin-Manual Miranda, a Tony award-winning lyricist and actor, elevated this fairly new genre to the realm of legitimate … Read more